NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2022 11 Nutreco and Skretting published a practical guide to decide on the type of marine ingredients that can be sourced for its global operations. To protect the ocean and ensuring that fish stocks intended for direct or indirect human consumption are caught within clearly defined and sustainable limits, Nutreco and Skretting have published a new responsible sourcing policy- a practical guide to decide on the type of marine ingredients that can be sourced for its global operations. The document builds into the ambitions set in Nutreco’s Sustainability RoadMap 2025, which aims to ensure that by 2025, Skretting sources marine ingredients that are 100% certified or coming from a fishery improvement project for its global operations, as well as ensuring that all the fishmeal and fish oil used to produce feed originate from fisheries that are managed according to the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The policy is built on a riskbased approach and was developed through internal collaboration within Nutreco and Skretting (sustainability, procurement and quality teams) at a global and local level to reflect the realities in the markets and included comments and revisions from external stakeholders. Important areas addressed in the policy include: • Specific criteria on what to buy according to five sustainability classes of marine ingredients coming from whole fish, by-products from wild fish catch and by-products from aquaculture, aligned with the most important fishery management certifications in the industry. • Clear purchasing targets for each sustainability class defined, both the relative share of purchases and a defined timeline to reach the ambitions set in Nutreco’s Sustainability RoadMap 2025. • Mapping of countries identified with a high risk of IUU fishing activities. Marine ingredients from these countries cannot be sourced unless they come from the highest sustainability classes. The policy in this area supports Nutreco and Skretting’s commitment and work in SeaBOS. • Mapping of countries identified with a high risk of forced labour on board fishing vessels. For these countries there are additional requirements to marine ingredient manufacturers. Skretting is the first company in the world that communicates open and transparent criteria towards marine ingredient suppliers in this area. Nutreco, Skretting raise level of transparency of marine ingredients used in aqua feeds high-quality seaweed applications such as animal feed supplements, food products and biostimulants, natural products that positively influence the growth, quality and resistance of crops. After successful tests with agricultural entrepreneurs and companies in the Netherlands and abroad, the seaweed products have been marketed under the Blue Farming and Blue Health concepts since last year. After the success of these first concepts, Colruyt Group's investment, also the third and largest investment to date for The Seaweed Company, will be used to significantly scale up the company in the coming years. The aim of The Seaweed Company is to be a leading player in the sector to get seaweed as an ingredient on the menu of farmers, consumers and companies in Europe.
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